Hand
By Burton Bumgarner
Hand is a one-act play that needs 6 performers (3 women, 3 men). Licensed by Eldridge Publishing.
- Type
- one-act play
- Cast size
- 6 performers
- Roles
- 3 women, 3 men
- Cast notes
- 3 m, 3 w, 4 extras
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- drama
- Licensor
- Eldridge Publishing
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Synopsis
Adapted from the tale by Guy de MaupassantAn arrogant hunter shocks his dinner guests by showing them his prized trophy, a human hand chained to a board and mounted on the wall of his library. The next morning the hunter's mother demands he make amends to the guests and remove the hand. But the police have now heard about it and plan to check it out. The hunter wants to hide the hand but admits to his maid he feels safer keeping it in sight. The hand is the only thing he fears because the person
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